Psalm 120-122

English Standard Version

Deliver Me, O Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.

120 In my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me.
²Deliver me, O Lord,
    from lying lips,
    from a deceitful tongue.

³What shall be given to you,
    ^(B)and what more shall be done to you,
    you deceitful tongue?
⁴^(C)A warrior's ^(D)sharp arrows,
    with glowing ^(E)coals of the broom tree!

⁵Woe to me, that I sojourn in ^(F)Meshech,
    that I dwell among ^(G)the tents of ^(H)Kedar!
⁶Too long have I had my dwelling
    among those who hate peace.
⁷^(I)I am for peace,
    but when I speak, they are for war!

My Help Comes from the Lord

A Song of ^(J)Ascents.

121 I ^(K)lift up my eyes to ^(L)the hills.
From where does my help come?
²^(M)My help comes from the Lord,
who ^(N)made heaven and earth.

³He will not ^(O)let your foot be moved;
he who ^(P)keeps you will not slumber.
⁴Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.

⁵The Lord is your keeper;
the Lord is your ^(Q)shade on your ^(R)right hand.
⁶^(S)The sun shall not ^(T)strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.

⁷The Lord will ^(U)keep you from all evil;
    he will ^(V)keep your life.
⁸The Lord will keep
    your ^(W)going out and your coming in
    from this time forth and forevermore.

Let Us Go to the House of the Lord

A Song of ^(X)Ascents. Of David.

122 I was glad when they said to me,
^(Y)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
²Our feet have been standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem!

³Jerusalem—^(Z)built as a city
    that is ^(AA)bound firmly together,
⁴to which the tribes ^(AB)go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was ^(AC)decreed for^[a] Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵There ^(AD)thrones for judgment were set,
    the thrones of the house of David.

⁶^(AE)Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
    “May they be secure who love you!
⁷Peace be within your ^(AF)walls
    and security within your ^(AG)towers!”
⁸For my brothers and companions' sake
    I will say, ^(AH)“Peace be within you!”
⁹For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will ^(AI)seek your good.

Footnotes

Psalm 122:4 Or as a testimony for

2 Thessalonians 2

English Standard Version

The Man of Lawlessness

2 Now concerning ^(A)the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our ^(B)being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,^[a] ²not to be quickly shaken in mind or ^(C)alarmed, either ^(D)by a spirit or a ^(E)spoken word, or ^(F)a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that ^(G)the day of the Lord has come. ³^(H)Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, ^(I)unless the rebellion comes first, and ^(J)the man of lawlessness^[b] is revealed, ^(K)the son of destruction,^[c] ⁴who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, ^(L)proclaiming himself to be God. ⁵Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? ⁶And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. ⁷For ^(M)the mystery of lawlessness ^(N)is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. ⁸And then ^(O)the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus ^(P)will kill with ^(Q)the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by ^(R)the appearance of his coming. ⁹The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan ^(S)with all power and false signs and wonders, ¹⁰and with all wicked deception for ^(T)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. ¹¹Therefore ^(U)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe ^(V)what is false, ¹²in order that all may be condemned ^(W)who did not believe the truth but ^(X)had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Stand Firm

¹³But ^(Y)we ought always to give thanks to God for you, ^(Z)brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you ^(AA)as the firstfruits^[d] ^(AB)to be saved, ^(AC)through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. ¹⁴To this he called you through ^(AD)our gospel, ^(AE)so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁵So then, brothers, ^(AF)stand firm and hold to ^(AG)the traditions that you were taught by us, either ^(AH)by our spoken word or by ^(AI)our letter.

¹⁶Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, ^(AJ)who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good ^(AK)hope through grace, ¹⁷comfort your hearts and ^(AL)establish them in every good work and word.